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Wretched vs Gloomy - What's the difference?

wretched | gloomy | Related terms |

Wretched is a related term of gloomy.


As adjectives the difference between wretched and gloomy

is that wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting while gloomy is imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.

Wretched vs Degraded - What's the difference?

wretched | degraded | Related terms |

Wretched is a related term of degraded.


As adjectives the difference between wretched and degraded

is that wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting while degraded is feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.

As a verb degraded is

(degrade).

Excruciating vs Wretched - What's the difference?

excruciating | wretched | Related terms |


As adjectives the difference between excruciating and wretched

is that excruciating is causing great pain or anguish, agonizing while wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Hurtful vs Wretched - What's the difference?

hurtful | wretched | Related terms |

Hurtful is a related term of wretched.


As adjectives the difference between hurtful and wretched

is that hurtful is tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury while wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Forsaken vs Wretched - What's the difference?

forsaken | wretched | Related terms |

Forsaken is a related term of wretched.


As adjectives the difference between forsaken and wretched

is that forsaken is deserted; abandoned while wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

As a verb forsaken

is .

Wrench vs Wretched - What's the difference?

wrench | wretched |


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between wrench and wretched

is that wrench is (obsolete) to thrust a weapon in a twisting motion while wretched is (obsolete) hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

As a noun wrench

is (obsolete) a trick or artifice.

As a verb wrench

is (obsolete) to violently move in a turn or writhe.

As an adjective wretched is

very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Wretched vs Piteous - What's the difference?

wretched | piteous |


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between wretched and piteous

is that wretched is (obsolete) hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked while piteous is (obsolete) paltry; mean; pitiful.

As adjectives the difference between wretched and piteous

is that wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting while piteous is pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.

Baneful vs Wretched - What's the difference?

baneful | wretched | Related terms |

Baneful is a related term of wretched.


As adjectives the difference between baneful and wretched

is that baneful is exceedingly harmful; causing harm, death, ruin while wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Pernicious vs Wretched - What's the difference?

pernicious | wretched | Related terms |

Pernicious is a related term of wretched.


As adjectives the difference between pernicious and wretched

is that pernicious is causing much harm in a subtle way while wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Wretched vs Degenerate - What's the difference?

wretched | degenerate | Related terms |

Wretched is a related term of degenerate.


As adjectives the difference between wretched and degenerate

is that wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting while degenerate is (of qualities) having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.

As a noun degenerate is

one is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature.

As a verb degenerate is

to lose good or desirable qualities.

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